0 something (eg a monument) that honours/honors or commemorates people or events of the past -- memorial
a war memorial.
a memorial to Sir Winston Churchill
The memorials of the fallen may be accompanied by marks of mourning or gratitude or honour, and different nations express these sentiments in different ways.
The subject of war memorials is one which must be approached with discretion.
Memorials have been received on this subject, and the matter is still under consideration.
Provision for the preservation or recording of memorials to the dead is contained in existing legislation concerning the development of burial grounds.
There is no national planning policy guidance expressly relating to the location of war memorials in general.
There are memorials on which there are lists of names of hundreds of people who died in colliery catastrophes.
The six modern memorials (2005).
The cemeteries and memorials in the former war zone did not merely represent a cluster of the respective national memories, but were sites of cultural conflict and exchange.
